This study aims to identify the effects of corruption on the human capital accumulation process in Vietnamese provinces/cities. I employ labour quality assessments of firms as a proxy for human capital and divide human capital accumulation into the following two processes: an educational process and a process through which educational outcomes and worker training transform into labour quality. The estimation results have some notable implications for the Vietnamese context. Corruption has both negative and positive effects on human capital. On the one hand, corruption reduces the positive effect of local government spending on educational achievements and worsens labour quality. On the other hand, the prevalence of corruption in provinces/cities increases the advantages of local schools in the competition to obtain funds from the central government; hence, corruption enhances educational achievements in those regions. The results of this study indicate that corruption adversely affects human capital overall.

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腐败对人力资本积累过程的影响：越南的证据

本研究旨在确定腐败对越南各省市人力资本积累过程的影响。我采用对公司的劳动质量评估作为人力资本的代理，并将人力资本积累分为以下两个过程：一个教育过程以及一个将教育成果和工人培训转化为劳动质量的过程。估计结果对越南语有一些显着影响。腐败对人力资本既有正面影响，也有正面影响。一方面，腐败降低了地方政府支出对教育成就的积极影响，并恶化了劳动质量。另一方面，省/市的腐败现象增加了地方学校在竞争中获得中央政府资金的优势；因此，腐败促进了这些地区的教育成就。这项研究的结果表明，腐败对总体人力资本产生不利影响。